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Mike Burns Illustration: November 2013
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Learning from Crits, Part 2: Painting with new information. A couple days ago I posted my Art Order "Inspiration Challenge. Antlion - Finished Painting. Greyscale image with notes. Monday, November 4, 2013. I've been itching to submit something for the latest ArtOrder. For a while now*. Being that the theme of this challenge is "inspiration" it seemed like it offered a great opportunity for me to crank out some fan art. I spent a lot of time considering what I wanted ...After...
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Mike Burns Illustration: The Temptation of Majora
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Temptation of Majora. There's been a lot of buzz about Majora's Mask lately with the remastered game coming out on the 3DS. I pre-ordered the game (had to get the gold cartridge) when it first came out back in 2000. And it was one of those games that really stuck with me thanks to it's dark and unsettling atmosphere, some great new gameplay features, and some really cool designs. Do you want to play with me? Click HERE to buy a print! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am ...
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Mike Burns Illustration: Goblin Swineherd Process
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Monday, March 2, 2015. It's been a while since I wrote one of these, but I just realized I never posted progress shots of my last painting so I thought I'd share them now. I hope you enjoy seeing the step by step. Feel free to message me if you have any questions. Also, if you want, I can have a high-quality trading card playmat made ( email me. Or you can buy a print of it on my InPrnt shop. Thanks for taking a look! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Purchase prints on InPrnt. View my complete profile.
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Mike Burns Illustration: December 2013
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013. Sporegorger Thallid's baby pictures and ageing - Process. I wanted to share some process shots of this piece for anyone who's into that sort of thing. At each step I'll go into what major changes I made as well as why I decided to do so. 5 Decided that based on my lighting setup, the far-side of the creature's back probably wouldnt be getting hit with as much light so I put it in shadow. I added some color variation in the green tendril areas of the creature and defined t...
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Mike Burns Illustration: June 2014
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Thursday, June 26, 2014. My One Fantastic Interview with One Fantastic Week, and a Wig Monster. Wig Monster from John Dies at the End. The guys who run the web show One Fantastic Week. Recently interviewed me for their monthly viewer interview! You can check out the interview HERE! You can find all past episodes HERE. As for the above drawing, it's a preliminary sketch for my next John Dies at the End. Painting. Just wanted to figure out the design of the creature before I place it in a scene. I am a pro...
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Mike Burns Illustration: January 2014
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Monday, January 20, 2014. Taking the dive.my Journey to the far off land of New Yorkshire (aka NYC). The last 3 months have been a crazy ride for me, and I've been wanting to write a post to sum up what's been going on lately. On November 5th, 2013 I got an email that would completely flip my world upside down. The interview went pretty bad. The wait was torture. I got the job. And everything was great from there on right? A very special thank you to my girlfriend Amabel, who was one of my inside people ...
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Mike Burns Illustration: October 2013
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Friday, October 18, 2013. First up is my Owlbear piece. This piece has gone through revisions before. During my first pass at revising this piece I mainly focused on adding some more detail and finesse, but during my portfolio review with Robh Ruppel. I learned a few new things I could do to make the piece really pop more. Mainly adding more muscle definition in the extended arm to really give a feel of action and ferocity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Purchase prints on InPrnt. I am a professional Illust...
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Mike Burns Illustration: March 2015
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Thursday, March 5, 2015. Red Wedding Still Life ( process). Here's a new piece I recently finished up for the Game of Thrones Compendium. Thing going on. Hoping to get some publicity through that with this still life depicting the Red Wedding. I thought it would be an interesting idea to depict the Red Wedding scene from the books by only using objects. There's so much great symbolism in the books that I wanted focus on that for this painting. Here's the step by step:. Monday, March 2, 2015. I am a profe...
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Mike Burns Illustration: April 2015
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Thursday, April 16, 2015. The Temptation of Majora - Process Shots. Here's all the steps that led up to the final illustration for The Temptation of Majora. Don't forget that if you're interested in buying a print of this piece you can get one by clicking HERE. Just trying to play with color, lighting, and mood. Trying to get the juices flowing and get into the spirit. 1 - Rough greyscale sketch. 2 - Tight drawing. 3 - Flat colors, creating silhouettes. 4 - starting to render the form of Majora. The Temp...
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Mike Burns Illustration: August 2013
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Friday, August 30, 2013. Update.Illuxcon 6 is approaching. I have had a crazy past couple of months both in good and bad ways. I've been a bit stressed trying to get all of my work and preparations for Illuxcon done in time. But finally, things are starting to look up, and I'm just about all caught up on everything and I'm starting to feel ready to attend Illuxcon 6. For those of you who don't know, Illuxcon is the. There will be 3 sections of the show, the Main Show. Sat and Sun) and the Showcase. This ...
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